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In its decision in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., the Court of Appeals ruled that the current and former owners of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village housing complexes in Manhattan "were not entitled to take advantage of the luxury deregulation provisions of the Rent Stabilization Law ' while simultaneously receiving tax benefits under the City of New York's J-51 program." But there are unanswered questions.

An easy-to-read listing of all cases contained within this issue.

Rulings of importance to you and your practice.

Recent news from neighboring states.

New York is one if the very few U.S. jurisdictions, other than those states that have actually authorized same-sex marriage, to have given full faith and credit to same-sex marriages validly performed in other jurisdictions. Now we can expect a growing number of same-sex couples, validly married somewhere else, to follow their heterosexual counterparts into New York's divorce courts.

There are some important lessons matrimonial attorneys practicing in the Second Department should take from this case. This article explores some of them.

Who's doing what; who's going where.

Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.